Congestion Charge Sob Stories

rdwarr

Here's mine

I sometimes drive into my London office as I have a free parking space there and it's useful to be in the car if I work late or have lots of boxes to deliver. Trouble is, it's a massive 30 yards inside the new CC zone!

This works out at a congestion charge of £235 per mile. I'm tempted to spend three hours driving around Trafalgar Square (i.e. about two laps) just to get my money's worth.

pianeet

i know it is no use to you but after we found out minbuses were exempt from charges my dads firm changed all his vans to mini-buses and just took the seats out,the insurance said it was ok ,and he saves a fortune when his workers have to drive across town

rdwarr

Fortunately I don;t go in that often or I'd buy something exempt. A Lexus RX400h if I could afford it

nej

Can you push the car in, with the engine off?

I know TFL are looking at charging based on distance within the zone, to stop this sort of thing happening, but it'll be a long time coming.

Somerset

Does anyone know if TFL have the technology to spot and fine cars parked in the zone. I sometimes drive up to london to visit my mother, I'd arrive after 6.30pm, stay a day or two, then leave after 6.30pm. So the car would be legally parked on a public road inside the zone. I think this is still chargeable ? but I know the camera's spot moving traffic, so do you think I'd still be done ? Thanks.

bootman

rdwarr wrote:

Fortunately I don;t go in that often or I'd buy something exempt. A Lexus RX400h if I could afford it

We test drove one of these a couple of months ago. I have never felt so car sick:eek: I don't suffer from car sickness, but if we had this I would. It was awful.